| 1. Jarla, Pertti: Fingerpori 2 |
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| 2.Ranta, Ville: Eräänlaisia Rukouksia |
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| 3. Moore, Alan: The Watchmen |
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| 4. Jarla, Pertti: Fingerpori |
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| 5. Pirinen, Ville: Yhesti yhes paikas |
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| 6. Moore, Alan: League of extraordinary gentlemen III: Century 1 |
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| 7. Nilsen, Anders: Sisyfos |
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| 8. Nissinen, Jyrki: Borgtron 09 |
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| 9. Rapi, Aapo: Naaburger |
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| 10. Jupu: Baarien Nainen |
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| 11 Glömp: Glömp X |
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| 12. Ware, Chris: Jimmy Corrigan, the smartest kid on earth |
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| 13. Florent Ruppert/ Jérôme Mulot: Uhkapeliä |
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| 14. Ahokoivu, Mari: Löydä minut tästä kaupungista |
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| 15. Brown, Jeffrey: Haparointia |
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| 16. Musturi, Tommi: Samuelin matkassa |
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| 17. Vähämäki, Amanda: Äitienpäivä |
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| 18. Nissinen, Jyrki: Borgtron 10 |
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| 19. Roju: Huonoa seksia |
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| 20. Hanks, Fletcher: You shall die by your own evil creation |
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| 21. Schrauwen, Olivier: Poika Kulta |
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| 22. Ware, Chris: Acme Novelty Library 19 |
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| 23. Aikakausilehti: Aikakauslehti 02 |
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| 24. Brinkley, Nell: Brinkley Girls |
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| 25. Brown, Jeffrey: Cat getting out of a bag and other observations |
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| 26. Derf: Punkrock and trailerparks |
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| 27. Kwon, Yong-Deuk: Yölinja |
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| 28. Lint, Jeff: The Caterer |
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| 29. Tiitu: Jää |
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| 30. Florent Ruppert/ Jérôme Mulot: Apinatarha |
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| 31. Jarla, Pertti: Pikku Fingerpori |
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| 32. Mordan, Rutu: Exit wounds |
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| 33. Carré. Lilli: Nine ways to disappear |
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| 34. Crumb. Robert: Book of Genesis |
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| 35. Pedrosa: Three shadows |
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| 36. Barry, Lynda: What it is |
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| 37. Bechdel, Allison: Fun Home |
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| 38. Sutinen, Aino: Taksi Kurdistaniin |
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| 39. Bagge, Peter: Buddy does Seattle |
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| 40. Burns, Charles: Black Hole |
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| 41. Delisle, Guy: Shenzhen |
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| 42. Latva-Nikkola, Jarno: Tunteiden Maisteri |
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| 43. Martin, Jacques: Alix 13: Karthagon aave |
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| 44. Ranta, Ville: Kajaani |
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| 45. Tan, Shaun: The Arrival |
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| 46. Turunen, Marko: Ufoja Lahdessa 2 |
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| 47. Turunen, Marko: Ufoja Lahdessa 3 |
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| 48. Carré. Lilli: Korpi-Peten kootut |
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| 49. Flerick, Mark: Arto saa turpaansa |
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| 50. Nissinen, Jyrki: Borgtron 11 |
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| 51. Nissinen, Jyrki: Kaikki vierailuni Italialaisessa kodissa |
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| 52. Pirinen, Joakim: Kalmasen herrasväen aviopulmat |
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| 53. Powell, Nate: Swallow me whole |
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| 54. Aikakausilehti: Lehti (Aikakauslehti 2/2008) |
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| 55. Bechdel, Allison: Hautuukoti - Tragikoominen Perheeni |
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| 56. Nissinen, Jyrki: Borgtron 06 |
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| 57. Sailamaa, Anna: Ollaan nätisti |
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| 58. Sfar, Joann: Pascin |
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| 59. Tiitu: Tuuli ja myrsky |
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| 60. Bagge, Peter: Buddy does Jersey |
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| 61. Brown, Jeffrey: Funny misshapen body |
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| 62. Canales, Diaz: Blacksad 3: punainen sielu |
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| 63. Carré. Lilli: The Lagoon |
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| 64. Clowes, Daniel: Ghostworld |
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| 65. Delisle, Guy: Pjongjang |
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| 66. Ganzfeld: Ganzfeld 7 |
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| 67. Hanks, Fletcher: I shall destroy all civilised planets |
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| 68. Laitinen, Karri: Kafkan Tutti |
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| 69. Nissinen, Jyrki: Borgtron 02 |
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| 70. Nissinen, Jyrki: Borgtron 07 |
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| 71.Nissinen, Jyrki: Yli 10000 koiran koiranättely |
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| 72. Papu, Kaija: Totally Sweet Love Awesomeness |
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| 73. Rapi, Aapo: Kuningas Toffee |
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| 74. Tsuboi, Nene: Nice to meet you |
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| 75. Valve. Emmi: Circus Femme Fatale |
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| 76. Volle, Karstein: Käsi sydämellä: 100 tosiasiaa maailmailta |
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| 77. Bagge, Peter: Apocalypse nerd |
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| 78. Brinkman, Matt: Teratoid Heights |
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| 79. Clem, Mitch: Nothing nice to say |
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| 80. Kallio, Pauli: Maalaispunkin päiväkirja |
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| 81. Mignola, Mike: Hellboy |
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| 82. Nissinen, Jyrki: Borgtron 03 |
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| 83. Nissinen, Jyrki: It's cool to smoke |
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| 84. Nissinen, Jyrki: Kiimaiset maantiesuolan imeskelijät |
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| 85. Ralph, Brian: Daybreak volume 3 |
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| 86. Rapia, Kati: Miracle Baby |
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| 87. Risku, Milla: Joulukortit - Kuuseen |
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| 88. Seth: George Sprott 1894-1975 |
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| 89. Gauld, Tom: Hunter and Painter |
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| 90. Illum, Stine: Friends |
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| 91. Mazzucchelli, David: Asterios Polyp |
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| 92. Mignola, Mike: Hellboy, pimeyden kutsu |
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| 93. Nissinen, Jyrki: Auttaja Hai |
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| 94. Nissinen, Jyrki: Borgtron 04 |
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| 95. Nissinen, Jyrki: Borgtron 05 |
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| 96. Rapi, Aapo: Meti |
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| 97. Sacco, Joe: Palestiina
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A few comments on this one: Fingerpori 2 was by far the best selling book this year. It sold almost three times as much as the runner up, Ville Ranta's Eräänlaisia Rukouksia. One reason for this was the Fingerpori exhibition we had in march just when the book was released. It was probably the most popular exhibition we ever had at the Comics Centre. So yeah. That was nice.
Then there are ofcourse a lot of Huuda Huuda titles in the top 20 also for a ver simple reason: these are the books i always have in the store. With other books it always takes a while between it getting sold out and then me ordering it and receiving it back in the store. On principal though, i always try to keep certain books always in stock. For example Jimmy Corrigan, the smartest kid on earth, is one of my alltime favourite book and it is very easy to reply to customers who ask my opinion about which book i like and then say: Jimmy Corrigan is the best comic book ever made. It makes me feel pretty proud to have sold in 2008 26 copies of Chris Ware's magnus opus.
For the rest, a pretty nice list i would say so. A good mix of finnish and foreign material, all pretty good stuff (ofcourse, otherwise i wouldn't sell it in my store, that goes without saying).
There are a few surprises or perhaps complete unknown comics to some people that end up pretty high. Let's take the Caterer by Jeff Lint at spot 28 (sold 17 copies). This one is a beyond absurd comic reproduction from the seventies, full of excellent one liners and ununderstandable situations. Since Tuukka really likes this one, he practically forced this comic on everybody he knew or on people who came in the store whenever he was filling in behind the counter.
Naturally, Pitkämies has sold plenty of Jyrki Nissinen this year, and will continue to keep selling his top notch exploits as long as we keep on running. He has 14 titles in the top 100. I guess that says pretty much it. Hopefully one day some important comic publisher (cough Alvin Buenaventura cough) will spot Jyrki's genius talent and spread some finnish exhuberant madness around the globe.
All in all, I have no idea how to compare my best selling list with what's officially "in the charts" in normal bookstores or normal comic stores. It's radically different ofcourse. I bet you won't find any Mat Brinkman or Roju's Huonoa Seksia (spot 19, sold 19 copies) , but isn't that why people find their way to Pitkämies? I will try and keep up the selection of the store as it always have been: a carefully curated selection of good quality comics, wether they are mainstream, manga or silkscreened art. And I am hoping you all keep supporting this haven of indie goodness as long as Pitkämies as behind the wheels!
